Microbe Story
Through diligent study of the robots, Itoh and his Mimiga charges [Chaco and Santa] have found the cause of illnesses in scouts: actual bugs. Most leave after they have played enough hell with their hosts, but one variety anchors into a scout's digestive tract. This source of chronic illness, as in Apostrophe, is a heretofore undiscovered microscopic vermin, (not-so-) cleverly named "Escher Corei" by Itoh, based on its resemblance to the Island core.
A shrinking method was devised by a batch of scientists as a means to go in and manually destroy the viral creatures, but by the time they finished perfecting it, they could not use it. While unfortunate, it's paved the way for the mechanics to use it. Itoh will shrink, along with one of the Mimigas, and go into Apostrophe to fight the E. Corei while the other stays behind to make sure all goes well. But since the scout is heavily susceptible to infection, there's no telling what's lurking in the viral melting pot that is her body.
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As this occurs after a sequel story I'm writing, I chopped out some of the spoilery statements. Apostrophe is a fancharacter scout robot who is perpetually sick, among other things. And this sounded a heck of a lot better in my head. You had to be there.
Since I've slowly grown interest in modding, I actually started some work on it, replacing Mimiga Mask Quote and Curly with Itoh and Santa respectively. But I wanted to stay away from assembly given that that stuff flies right over my head, and unfortunately I would need that because of how tall Human Itoh is. So I'll probably say "Screw it" before I even begin on at least the Small Intestine. I'm definitely making a fool of myself in front of everyone, but I
have to share my awful ideas. I gotta.
Oh, the reason for this to begin with:
http://yfrog.com/e9ecoreij